Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater gave No. 25 Wisconsin about all it wanted in the Badgers' final exhibition game. But in the end, the undersized Warhawks just didn't have anything left in the tank for the final 10 minutes.

Bo Ryan's voice was already raspy from Tuesday's practice. The Wisconsin coach, however, was still eager to share his opinion on a myriad of subjects and sling a bunch of his token one-liners between sips of flat diet soda.

What worked for the Badgers in winning the Big Ten's regular season and tournament championships, securing a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, worked against Kansas State and the nation's most sensational freshman Saturday. They played grinding, hands-on, drive-'em-to-frustration defense.

Michael Beasley awoke the morning after the biggest victory of his young basketball career, the biggest for Kansas State in a couple of decades, and "the first thing I thought about was how tired I was," he said. Let's see what Sunday morning brings for the Wildcats' gifted freshman.